diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 280d54fd8e..4fc7628b62 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17363,6 +17363,13 @@ if test "$wxUSE_CLIPBOARD" = "yes"; then
 #define wxUSE_CLIPBOARD 1
 EOF
 
+
+    if test "$wxUSE_GTK" = 1; then
+                cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
+#define wxUSE_DATAOBJ 1
+EOF
+
+    fi
 fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_DRAG_AND_DROP" = "yes" ; then
@@ -18161,7 +18168,7 @@ SAMPLES_SUBDIRS="`echo $SAMPLES_SUBDIRS | tr -s ' ' | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq
 
 
 echo $ac_n "checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:18165: checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}" >&5
+echo "configure:18172: checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}" >&5
 set dummy ${MAKE-make}; ac_make=`echo "$2" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_make_${ac_make}_set'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7550ce5c70..14acf4f21e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4097,6 +4097,11 @@ fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_CLIPBOARD" = "yes"; then
     AC_DEFINE(wxUSE_CLIPBOARD)
+
+    if test "$wxUSE_GTK" = 1; then
+        dnl required by clipboard code in wxGTK
+        AC_DEFINE(wxUSE_DATAOBJ)
+    fi
 fi
 
 if test "$wxUSE_DRAG_AND_DROP" = "yes" ; then